As night fell, a fire was lit.
Xiao Jingzhou and his companions ate and drank their fill, and perhaps due to the effect of alcohol, they all had the best sleep they had since their exile.
The next day, a streak of fish white belly appeared on the horizon.
Everyone gradually came to their senses and started on their journey again.
Gu Zhenbei took the map and estimated the distance from here to Zhiyi City.
He walked quickly to Xiao Jingzhou's side.
"Your Highness, we will reach Zhiyi City in two more days!"
Lu Chen said happily: "Great!
I'll tell you the good news right now, walk faster so we can get into the city earlier! ”
When everyone learned that they were about to arrive at Zhiyi City, they all showed joy on their faces and their pace also obviously improved.
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...
After traveling for an hour, Hou Si, who had been walking in front to explore the way, ran back with a few officials.
There was an anxious look on his face.
"Brother, this is bad!"
"This road is damn blocked again!"
"What a bad luck!"
When Zhou Wu heard this, he immediately took people to check it out.
Xiao Jingzhou and Gu Zhenbei looked at each other and followed.
The scene before them shocked everyone.
A crack about seven or eight meters wide appeared in the earth, which was unfathomable and impossible to cross.
This road is the closest road to Zhiyi City except Guanshan Road, but now it is difficult to travel.
The people who caught up from behind were immediately panicked when they saw the earth split in half by the dragon.
"What should I do?"
"I didn't expect there would be a dragon here!"
"With so many people dying on Guanshan Road, who would dare to go here?"
"Do we have to fly over there?"
Xiao Jingzhou asked Gu Zhenbei to take out the map and asked Zhou Wu to show the way.
Zhou Wu was not vague: "When the officials escorted the prisoners, they always took the mountain pass and rarely took a detour.
However, I remember that there was a small town in this place.
Take a detour towards the small town and enter through the west gate of Zhiyi City. ”
He pointed on the map.
Gu Zhenbei looked at the empty space, frowning suspiciously.
"There's nothing painted here, so where does the town come from?"
Zhou Wu explained: "There was no town here originally, but when there was an amnesty, some exiled prisoners were released from Zhiyi City.
If someone has nowhere else to go, they will stay here to live.
Gradually it became a small town. ”
Lu Chen asked: "Then why is it not recorded on the map?"
Zhou Wu said: "They are all prisoners who have been pardoned. Naturally, they don't want the court to know about their existence."
Xiao Jingzhou asked: "How long will it take to go around the small town?"
Zhou Wu estimated: "It will take about a day to get to the town from here.
If you can find a cart in the town, let the injured person sit on it to reduce the burden.
It will take another two or three days to arrive. ”
Hearing this, Gu Zhenbei suggested: “Your Highness, we have food, so we are not afraid of starving.
As long as you don't fall behind for too long, and wait until you get to Zhiyi City to plead for mercy with the officials, they should be able to be lenient and avoid the punishment for failing to arrive on time. ”
This road is not feasible, and punishment is not the main issue at all at this moment.
Xiao Jingzhou said: "Then let's rest for half an hour and take a detour to the town."
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21st century.
When Jiang Zhenyu woke up, he found that he had slept on the sofa.
She looked for her phone sleepily, the screen lit up, it was already twelve o'clock noon.
"I actually slept for so long!"
She remembered that she had treated Xiao Jingzhou and others to a big dinner yesterday.
She drank a little too much because she was happy. She didn't remember what she talked about with Xiao Jingzhou in the end.
She saw the unrolled note in the wooden bowl.
The hangover-relief soup recipe Xiao Jingzhou gave her.
The ingredients, heat and production steps are all very detailed.
[Miss Jiang, you may feel uncomfortable after a hangover. Drinking a bowl of sobering soup will make you feel better.
If there is a chance in the future, Jingzhou is willing to personally cook sobering soup for the girl. 】
She didn't expect that Xiao Jingzhou was actually such a warm-hearted man!
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Noon.
There was still a lot of wine and meat left from yesterday, so Xiao Jingzhou ordered people to finish eating the meat. There were only a few bottles of Moutai left, all of which were put away.
The group of people ate so much that their mouths were covered with grease.
Xiao Jingzhou originally wanted to shout to hurry up, but seeing this scene, he walked over to Zhou Shuyun.
"Aunt, I remember you still have wet tissues in your hand.
They have grease on their hands and mouths, and they might get into trouble if they pass through the town. ”
Zhou Shuyun reacted immediately: "I'll ask Shijie to send a photo to everyone, wipe it carefully!"
Hou Si had never seen a wet tissue before, and he thought it was new: "Brother, this thing has water when you take it out, it's even better than a handkerchief!"
Zhou Wu glanced at the wet tissue and wiped his entire face clean.
There was no water to drink for many days, let alone a bath.
It's a rare opportunity to keep your face clean.
Many people had the same idea as him and followed his lead.
Gu Zhenbei wiped his face clean, showing his white teeth, and moved closer to Zhou Shuyun: "Is it clean?"
Zhou Shuyun blushed at his words and remained silent for a while.
Xiao Jingzhou: "..."
Seeing this, Lu Chen quickly stopped him loudly:
"What are you doing?
His Highness asked you to wipe your mouths and hands because he didn't want others to see that we had eaten.
You wiped your faces clean. Are you afraid that others don’t know that we have food and water? ”
Hearing this, Gu Zhenbei's face froze. He silently grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and smeared it on his face.
Seeing this, the people around him immediately followed suit.
After the misunderstanding, the group started on their journey again.
After walking for two hours, we finally saw the outline of the town.
"Is the town ahead?"
"It seems so. I saw the gate of the village."
As they were about to approach the town, Xiao Jingzhou ordered his men to stay alert and keep the women and children in the middle of the road.
His right hand was injured, so he could only remove the knife from the engineer shovel to defend himself.
The closer we got to the town, the more refugees we saw, lying on the roadside, dying.
The refugees were so hungry that their cheeks were sunken and their eyes were bulging. You could even see the jagged bones of the men who opened their clothes.
Gu Yining was held in Zhou Shuyun's arms. When he saw the scene in front of him, he hugged Zhou Shuyun's neck.
"Mom, why are there no children or women here?"
After hearing these words, Zhou Shuyun was so scared that she quickly covered her mouth, fearing that she would say something shocking.
Wei Wanru walked tremblingly as she held her two sons' hands.
At that time, Gu Zhenbei had given up the idea of entering the town and just wanted to hurry on and quickly bypass the town.
Xiao Jingzhou didn't expect that things would be more serious than he imagined.
Compared with the skinny refugees, they were like walking fat.
Xiao Jingzhou called Lu Chen over: "Tell everyone to walk faster, don't stop!"
The refugees watched Xiao Jingzhou and his group passing by, and they slowly got up from their lying position and sat on the ground.
He stared at Xiao Jingzhou and the others as if he was staring at prey.
Many refugees began to stand up, as if they could pounce on them at any time.
Xiao Jingzhou ordered his men to take out their engineering shovels, and the officers drew their swords, ready to fight at any time.
For a moment, many refugees who stood up were scared away.
Xiao Jingzhou and his group bypassed the town gate, not daring to stop for a moment, and hurried on their way.
When they were far away from the village gate, Xiao Jingzhou told Lu Chen: "Travel at night today and leave here as soon as possible."
If the refugees found out that they had food, no matter how much, they would only die faster!
Lu Chen just walked up from the back of the team.
He said, "Your Highness, there is a group of people following us, and we can't get rid of them!"
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